Chapter 21

He arrived at the room in which she had gone and turned the door handle to open it, but it turned out to be locked.

"Avelina!" He called her, but Avelina, who was inside the room, did not respond.

"Avelina! Open the door!" He called her again, but she didn't answer.

He rubbed his forehead to calm himself down and took a long, deep breath.

He grabbed hold of the door handle, and with just one click, he broke off the lock, causing the door to creak open.

Avelina, who was seated on the bed, came into his view, and he arched his brow at her.

"H-how did you…How did you do that?" Avelina, who was very sure that she had locked the door, fluttered her eyes at him and immediately stood up from the bed the moment he began to walk towards her.

"Hey! Don’t come close to me!" She warned as she proceeded to get off the bed, but Lucian, who was quick enough to reach her, grabbed her and put her on his shoulder.

"You really don't listen, do you?" He sighed in disappointment, and Avelina, who was on hi